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Ghini ([personal profile] ghini) wrote2009-04-17 12:10 pm

Fun in Europe

My cousin Ashley is about to graduate high school. She and I will be taking a two week trip to Europe in June. Anyone have suggestions for places to go?

We will be flying in to Dublin, then heading to Amsterdam, then to Berlin. All I know I want to see is the Guinness brewery in Dublin and the Wall Museum in Berlin. Anyone have suggestions for things to do between those two?

[identity profile] iknowiona.livejournal.com 2009-04-17 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
If you have time, go to Hamburg. The Rapperbahn is so awesome.

[identity profile] uglor.livejournal.com 2009-04-17 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
What's the Rapperbahn?

[identity profile] iknowiona.livejournal.com 2009-04-17 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
It's Hamburg's version of Little 5, only R-rated instead of PG-13, famous for it's edgy punk scene, and the place where the Beatles played live their very first time. (that last part is a paraphrase of, the Beatles did something really awesome there).

[identity profile] hippieatheart.livejournal.com 2009-04-17 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd head to Barcelona or Sevilla, but I'm a big fan of Spain.

[identity profile] uglor.livejournal.com 2009-04-17 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Not this trip. There's a burn in Spain that I'll make it to one of these years.

[identity profile] carriesnarf.livejournal.com 2009-04-17 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Do not go to greece.. I realize this may not have even been an option- but just don't. Not worth it.

[identity profile] pigmassacre.livejournal.com 2009-04-20 09:09 am (UTC)(link)
My favorite bits of Berlin, from my admittedly slipshod one-day tour, were:

1. Anywhere the wall used to stand. There's nothing there, but just look at it. That's the point. There's *still* nothing much there. It's a weird feeling.

2. I hear they have a great museum dedicated to the city's history. Probably several. I wish I'd made it to one.

3. The Sony Center is one of the coolest and most expensive-looking building-like-things I've ever been in.
http://gtf.org/pynk/europe/berlin/
(Scroll all the way down the page to the stuff above and below the final row of pics.)